Derelict 13 meter F/V adrift vicinity 11-29S 134-41E at 120015Z mar
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 417/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-03-19 01:15Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · RCC AUSTRALIA 120107Z MAR 06.. Issued 2006-03-13 13:06Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -11.483, 134.683. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Dangerous wreck in 11-29S 134-41Ecancelled by this notice
- issued
- 2006-03-13 13:06Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2006-03-19 01:15Z
- authority
- RCC AUSTRALIA 120107Z MAR 06.
- issued by
- RCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -11.483, 134.683
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 13 METER F/V ADRIFT VICINITY 11-29S 134-41E AT 120015Z MAR. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 409/06. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 190115Z MAR.
Reading this warning
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
56 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Derelict nine meter lifeboat adrift in vicinity 09-08.60S 132-48.00E at 0404418Z mar2024-03-04
- 15 meter F/V adrift in vicinity 09-39.07S 135-58.66E at 292205Z feb2024-03-01
- Derelict 12 meter vessel partially submerged and adrift in 10-29.61S 132-22.82E at 240244Z aug2023-08-24
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 09-06.0S 133-01.3E at 200713Z jan2021-01-20
- Derelict 20 meter vessel adrift in 10-47.3S 135-45.2E at 181107Z jan2021-01-18
- 20 meter vessel adrift in 10-20.26S 133-59.28E at 100700Z jan2021-01-10
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 16:55Z; source collection times vary.
Derelicts
Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.